Fire crews rescue man trapped in building collapse

A man is listed in fair condition after firefighters rescued him following a building collapse on Chicago's Far South Side. (Source: WGN - Chicago)

A man is listed in fair condition after firefighters rescued him following a building collapse on Chicago's Far South Side. (Source: WGN - Chicago)

Liam FordTribune reporter

A man working on the rehab of a West Pullman building was trapped and had to be rescued by Chicago Fire Department crews after the building's walls collapsed and the roof fell and trapped him, a fire spokesman said.

The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center but was believed to be "in very good shape" after being trapped in the collapsed building in the 300 block of East Kensington Avenue about 10:30 a.m., said fire department spokesman Larry Langford.

The man was working on the second floor of the building when the walls of the building collapsed outward, and the roof fell and trapped the man, Langford said.

The worker was not pinned by the collapse, but was unable to free himself, and fire crews rescued him and brought him down from the upper part of the building in a lift, Langford said.